Hello - and thoughts after first brews

[TheAxeman]

Hi all - another Albertan (Canada) here.

First of all, thanks a ton to the hosts and folks here. I'd like to think your collective experience has helped me avoid many mistakes, and gotten me off to a good start.

I've been an avid bread maker for years, and have been nurturing a wild-yeast harvested sourdough bread starter for the last 3 1/2 years. At some point a few months ago, I made the connection that yeast is used to make beer. I have yeast. I like beer. And so, it begins...

I've started brewing smaller batches - all-grain BIAB. I enjoy the element of food prep combined with mad science.

So, after putting in my first 4 brews over the last 6 weeks (2 of which were made from my sourdough starter yeast), here are some random thoughts from a brand-new-to-homebrewer:

• Wow, there sure is a lot of time spent cleaning. And sanitizing.
• It never hurts to always have some freshly boiled (and cooled) water around for rinsing things.
• The wait from brew day to cracking a bottle is KILLING ME!!!
• Don't get hung up on all the weird jargon (lauter, sparge, etc). The process is fairly basic.
• I don't know what SWMBO means, but it must have something to do with a person easily offended by strange brewing smells or upset at the rapid decrease in available fridge space.
• Roasted Barely looks an awful lot like mouse poop. If you accidentally spill a few, you'd best clean it up before a SWMBO freaks out.

/Dave

 

[Cyclman]

Welcome to the hobby, and the group, from CO

My "She Who Must Be Obeyed" is fairly accurately portrayed in your definition.

Brewing is certainly more cleaning / sanitizing than any other activity. But you get way more out of it that house cleaning.